Developing the skill of Positive Presence and the Positive Presence behavior competencies results in the kind of focused mental model that opens a person up to learning or being “teachable.” Being teachable, in turn, provides the following advantages: 1. A…
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Being ‘Teachable’
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Connection — Making the Choice to Change
As often mentioned, change – whether personal or organizational – is not easy. Even when presented with clear reasons and validated in research, for behaviour change it is still a distant goal for many leaders. It is not a decision…
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3 Steps to Positive Confrontation
All great relationships require constructive conflict and confrontation to grow and thrive. Influential leaders orchestrate the culture in which people can be energized, engaged, and fully aware of their meaningful contributions to the enterprise. Much of the personal and organizational…
Tagged with: conflict, Confrontation, constructive, contributions, culture, deliberate, Growth, intentional, leaders, mental model, mind set, mission, positive, prosperity, purpose, relationships, resolution
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What Your People Want
Gone are the days when a paycheck, the employee of the month award, and the gold watch at retirement were sufficient motivators for people to perform at their best or to remain loyal and dedicated to the organization. Just as…
Tagged with: accountability, behaviour, brainstorming, collaboration, Communicating, Competition, connection, contributors, decision making, engagement, feedback, guidance, leaders, passions, passive producers, responsibility, Rewarding, self-awareness, Sharing, talents, team
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Why Great Leaders are Unforgettable – and Bad Leaders Too!
You have probably heard the saying, “A truly great leader is hard to find, difficult to part with, and impossible to forget.” The same adage holds for bad leaders too, at least the “impossible to forget” part. Did you ever…
Tagged with: behaviour, brain, EEM, emotion, employee engagement, experiential emotional memory, hippocampus, leaders, leadership, neurochemical, neuroscience, pattern recognition, performance, positive, positive behaviour, positive presence, relationships, rewire, thinking
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The Role of the Leader in Promoting Accountability
In creating an organization that is built for all outcomes, accountability is a visible practice. All team members are clear about their specific responsibilities. They are aware of the organization’s purpose, mission, vision, values, and how they fit into this…
Tagged with: accountability, behaviour, change, collaboration, employee engagement, fear, leaders, mission, negative energy, performance, positive emotional human energy, positive presence, responsibilities, success, team, transparency, Upper Brain, values, vision
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Great Leaders Don’t Learn From Crisis
Do you ever go to work and ask yourself, “How can I perform my very best today?” If you are asking that question, have you ever asked, “What do I need to do to perform to my full potential?” As…
Tagged with: behaviour, crisis, emotional intelligence, human response capacity, Improvement, initiative, leaders, lower brain, performance, potential, problem solve, self-assess, thinking, Upper Brain
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Emotions at work – A Simple Strategy
Emotionally aware leaders understand their own (and, by extension, their employees) emotional triggers. Emotional triggers are people, events, conditions, or experiences that arouse intense negative reactions. Incompetence, micromanagement, constantly missing or incomplete information, arrogant and superior attitude, lack of communication,…
Tagged with: emotional patterns, emotional reactions, Emotions, health, leaders, mental models, neurosciences, performance, relationships, Strategy, triggers
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What is Your Leader’s Trust Level?
Trust enables your team not only to perform its daily function but also to rise above conflicts and crises. In today’s fast-paced, complex, ambiguous environment of constant change, conflicts and crises abound within the organization. So in order to succeed,…
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